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Background 
TPR is a language teaching method built around the coordination of speech and action. It attempts to teach 
language through physical activity. The Natural Approach shares with TPR an emphasis on exposing the 
learner to hearing and understanding the language before requiring the learner to speak. 
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Language skills are taught in the natural order of acquisition: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Both 
the Natural Approach and TPR focus on the importance of listening comprehension as the basis for 
language acquisition. Both approaches believe that language is acquired, not learned. In other wor
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meaningful communication. Learning, on the other hand, involves a conscious process wh
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ther tongue is seldom used. Meaning is made clear by mime, drawing, etc. Great attention is paid to 
ucing learner anxiety. The Natural Approach stresses that self-confident learners with high motivation are 
cessful learners and that teachers should create a learning environment which promotes self-confidence. 
e sample lesson plan in Chapter Eight contains a TPR activity, where students are asked to demonstrate 
ir understanding by following the teacher's oral commands. ("Go to the board and point to the drawing of 

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econd stage, individual students take over, directing the teacher and the other students in parts of or in the 
mediate level action sequence, look at Figure 2.3, giving 
structions in how to design boxes. 
the lesson in Chapter Eight contains a Presentation segment where the 
acher talks about his/her family before asking the students to talk about their families. In many instances 
our students will be curious about life in the United States, and this comprehensible input stage provides a 
for you to build a good personal relationship with your class. 
hes can be useful and fun, especially when you are working with beginners, or with students 
t a technical or vocational center who only take one hour of English a week, or with students whose 
n's sister.") Action sequences in response to a series of commands are graded and vary from the simple 
the intricate. After the first stage of listening to the teacher, the students will be ready to speak. Dur
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